Tagged: Book

There are very few books specifically geared towards what we do in Deaf Ministry. Recently, I had an opportunity to read a book specifically focused on interpreting in the Christian setting. This book, “One Among a Thousand,” by Andrew Owen, is an insightful book for anyone involved in church interpreting for the Deaf.

There is no denying that the early church was an evangelistic force that turned the entire World upside down. I have wondered before, who was in the early church? How did they do it? Why did they do it? Evangelism in the Early Church, by Michael Green,answers those questions and more.

Have you ever wanted to sit at the feet and learn ministry from some of the greats? D.L. Moody? Adoniram Judson? Hudson Taylor? Jonathan Edwards? Charles Spurgeon? For the final one, Charles Spurgeon, I recently found out that you can!

Most of us are involved in some way with speaking by either preaching or teaching. For many of us, those constitutes a large part of what we do! I always try to improve my preaching. The Gospel of God is too important to preach it poorly! Today, I want to introduce you to a book that will help you preach and teach better, Talk Like TED by Carmine Gallo.

One challenge for deaf ministry leaders everywhere is to help the Deaf understand God’s Word for themselves. Illustrated Bibles bring the Bible to life before the reader’s eyes, making the text accessible to a much wider audience.

Think back to last Sunday morning. You are in church and most likely preaching to, or teaching, a group of individuals God’s Word. You spent all week praying and preparing. You have studied the passage, you have internalized the passage, and now you are preaching yourself empty. Next week, you do the same thing…

I love object lessons! They are one of my favorite ways to teach. However, I often find myself struggling to come up with some good ideas! That is why I want to introduce you to this wonderful little book called…

“The Green Letters” by Miles Stanford flipped my entire perspective of the Christian life on its head! It took concepts and ideas that I had heard as pithy pulpit statements and made them into real truths. This book helped me to realize that “in Christ” is not just a label or something that sounds good from the pulpit, but who I am as a Christian.